Connecticut western news., 1887-12-28
OLEOMARGARLNE.

Bruce Beach, of New Milford, recen- tly had 24 sheep killed by dogs.
 New Haven is to have two toboggan slides this season.
 Seventy nine foxes have been killed in Duchess county, N. '. the past year.
 Surgeons recently extracted one of the eyes of Mrs Beach Camp, of New town, an old lady of v. The patient Is doing we'll.
 Stephen A. Buckingham, of Pough- keepsie. left S9O,OOO by his will for charitable purposes and $5O,O for Trinity College, Hartford.
 The Rev J. T. Trowbridge, of West Woodstock, has accepted the call to become pastor of the Congregational church at Bethlehem.
 It has been decided to hold the State Encampment G A R in Waterbury, Feb and s. Commander in Chief Req will b present.
 A Memphis woman made her hustle the hiding place for seven thousand dollars, but thief recently stole both hustle and money.
 Mrs O'Neil and two children were killed by a train on the New York Gen. tral railroad, near Rhinebeck, Sunday night, while walking on the track. Bridgeport is said to be the first city in New England where the merchants have held winter carnival, although the practice 1t common in some of the booming cities of the west.
 Eleven writs have been served against the town of Bethlehem and nineteen against Washington, for neglecting to have proper guideboards on their high ways. The suits are by a Waterbury man.
 Mrs Triphenia Bevens, an old resident of Danbury and one of the oldest persons in this state, died at her home in Dan- bury Thursday night at the advanced age of nearly 1O2 years.
 Mrs Patrick Bowling of Waterbury, an elderly widow, died Saturday night from injuries received from the explo- sion of kerosene lamp which she was carrying down stairs. The house narrow ly escaped deStfuctlon.
 There is grist mill in Milford built in 1889 that has remained in the pos session of the Fowler name ever since. The original grindstone lays outside the mills, was brought from England and is about five feet in diameter. - Wood bury Reporter.
 The U. $. Supreme Court has pro, nounced the prohibition laws of Kansas, valid and constitutional. A state can prohibit the manufacture and sale o1 intoxicants as nuisance and the pro- pertv appertaining thereto loses it's right of ''eminent domain." and conse. quent claims for compensation.
 Ground was broken on Tuesday, Dec 20 for the construction of the proposed new bridge across the Hudson at Peeks. kill from Anthoney's Nose to Fort Clin. ton This Is to be a suspended girdel bridge, with height in the clear 195 feet above tidewater at the towers. The bridge will be 2,7OO feet from anchor plate to anchor, and from tower tc tower the span will be about 1880 feet Exchange.
 B. Frank Marsh, of Winsted, whc was a member of the general assembly last winter on the republican side of the ! house, has been appointed to Sl .4O( clerkship in the state treasurer's office. He succeeds Major Wm. P. Huxford who was appointed last January and l now resigns to go to Washington as Senator Hawley's private secretary, and also to take the position of clerk of the Senate military committee. He was fol several years in Washington as g clerk of the Alabama claims commission Ousatonic Chapter of Royal Arch Masons, at New Milford, Conn, have elected officers as follows for the ensu ing year Alex Levy, H P; W F Ben nett, R; B Fl Beardsley, 0; T T Marsh, Treas; Chas c Barlow, Sec, H c Young, 0 H; A W Camp. P S; 4 Northrop, R A c; John w Seaman G NJ Sd V; s F Caldwell, G NJ 2d V Henry T Cady, G NJ 1st v; 0 M Booth, Tyler.
 The annual session of the Grand Lodge, F. < A. M., will be held in Hartford, January IS. A report of the committee arranging for the centennial celebration of Free Masonry in Con. necticut, to take place July 8, 1889, will be read. Whether an attempt to heal the breach between the Grand Lodge and Hiram Lodge will be made remains to be seen.-[ Daily Leader. Senator Hawley has interested him. self with General HI P Hurst, of Summit Miss. in the manufacture of guns and ammunition on new system. A stock company has been organized in Wash. ington under the laws of New Jersey with capital of SlOO,0OO. The compa ny is called the Hurst Reinforced Cart. ridge and Ammunition Co., One of the principal features of the Hurst cartridge Is said to have been invented by Gen. Hawley.-[New Hartford Tribune. St Peters Lodge, No 21. A. F. and A. NJ. at New Milford, Conn.,, recently elected the following officers for the ensuing year Henry 0 Warner. w M Charles c Barlow, s W; Henry S Mygatt, J w; Wilson H Pierce, b I $ Weeks, D; Edward Tounsend, $ $; Charles M Schreyer, J s; D E Soule Secretary s Marsh, Treas Rev J A Crockett, chaplain Charles B. War ner, marshall; Chas NJ Booth, tyler.